#C59D37#C59D37

#C59D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D37
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 4.46, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 56.56, 85.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0072 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.126 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7746, 36.2625, 8.7288)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D37 #375FC5

analogous

#C55637 #C59D37 #A6C537

triadic

#C59D37 #37C59D #9D37C5

tetradic

#C59D37 #37C556 #375FC5 #C537A6

square

#C59D37 #37C556 #375FC5 #C537A6

split-complementary

#C59D37 #37A6C5 #5637C5

monochromatic

#65511C #95772A #C59D37 #D4B565 #E1CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D37

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D37	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb974',
    500: '#c59d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d37;
$custom-light: #dbb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D37

secondary

#8B9ECD

accent

#73E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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